Larry L. Larsen, 72, of Burnet died Aug. 19, 2015
Larry L. Larsen, 72, of Burnet, Texas, died Aug. 19, 2015, at St David’s Hospital in Georgetown, Texas. He was born Oct. 12, 1942, in Perkins County, Nebraska, to Lawrence William and Florence Belle Phair Mickels.
Following his graduation from Grant High School in 1960, Larry served in the U.S. Air Force until his honorable discharge in 1964. He later attended Colorado State University at Fort Collins, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in business. He acquired a Master of Science in computer information systems from the University of Phoenix in 1996.
He was employed by Bendix in Kansas City and later worked for Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque until his retirement in 2008. He married Patricia Kropp (nee) Hoffman in 1965, and two children were born of the marriage: Timothy Scott and Shannon Dee. He married Suzanne Burgess in Albuquerque in 1990. Upon retirement in 2008, Larry and Suzanne moved from Albuquerque to Burnet.
In February 2011, Larry was completely paralyzed in a motor vehicle accident.
Larry was preceded in death by his parents; sister Lillian Jones; brother Keith Larsen; and brothers-in-law Owen and Everett Jones.
He is survived by his wife, Suzanne of Burnet; son Timothy and wife Christina and grandchildren Corrine, Ian and Olivia of Tulsa, Oklahoma; daughter Shannon and husband Mike Myers and grandchildren Mary Anne, Troy and Audrey of Katy; stepdaughter Jane Perry and granddaughters Mikalee and Rachel of Albuquerque; stepdaughter Sara Schlegelmilch and husband Jay Reichert, grandson Paul Schlegelmilch and fiancé Kinsey Baggett, great-grandson Liam and grandson Nick Cano, all of Marble Falls; sister Lois Jones and sister-in-law Betty Larsen of Grant, Nebraska; brother Ron Larsen and wife Kay Larsen of San Antonio; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
A memorial service and celebration of Larry’s life is 7 p.m. Aug. 24 at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home, 1805 U.S. 281 North in Marble Falls, (830) 693-4373. Larry will be cremated. A service will be held at United Methodist Church in Grant, Nebraska, on a date to be determined with interment at Fairview Cemetery in Grant. Arrangements are by Bullock-Long Funeral Home in Grant.